Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Hospital Services

Clare Daly

220. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health if a facility to provide bilateral cochlear implants for children under four years is to be included by the Health Service Executive under its 2013 service plan. [4972/13]

Hospital Waiting Lists

Clare Daly

221. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health the reason a patient (details supplied) in County Dublin is waiting 18 months for an urgent surgical procedure in the Mater hospital, Dublin; and his views on same. [4973/13]

Medicinal Products Supply

Clare Daly

222. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health if Pradaxa is covered under the medical card scheme [4974/13]

Services for People with Disabilities

Clare Daly

659. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health if he will reverse the cutbacks in relation to St. Michael's House with particular reference to access to swimming pool facilities at weekends [3803/13]

Thalidomide Victims Compensation

Clare Daly

660. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health the steps he intends to take to implement a statuary agreement to assist the survivors of thalidomide. [3811/13]

Medicinal Products Expenditure

Clare Daly

582. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health the reason generic drugs here are substantially more expensive than in many other countries; the position regarding the implementation of a scheme similar to the pharmac system which operates in New Zealand; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2275/13]

Drugs Payment Scheme Threshold

Clare Daly

931. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health the reason a family which reaches the drug refund scheme limit of €132 per month in 2012, but has one family member on a medical card paying a separate prescription charge of 50 cent an item, is prevented from claiming any moneys paid beyond the €132 per month, even though they can demonstrate that more was paid. [1004/13]

Animal Experimentation

Clare Daly

938. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health the permitted humane methods of killing for different species of animals bred for or used in laboratory experiments at different stages of their development and or different body weights, under SI 566/2002, operable until 1 January 2013 [2072/13]

Environmental Regulations

Clare Daly

952. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health if he will investigate the cost involved to his Department and the health system in general following the European Environmental Agency findings against the ESB and a multi national alumina industry [57848/12]

Hospital Staff Issues

Clare Daly

958. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health in view of the fact that two junior doctors at Tallaght Hospital, Dublin, took their own lives in the past six months, the time limitation on hours worked by junior doctors working in hospitals, and his plans to alter same. [57901/12]

Orthodontic Services Waiting Lists

Clare Daly

968. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a person (details supplied) in Dublin 13 has been 44 months waiting for an appointment for orthodontic treatment and the action he will take regarding same. [57984/12]

Health Services Staff Issues

Clare Daly

1107. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact Limerick Maternity Hospital is recruiting new graduates and bypassing nurses and midwives already on the Health Service Executive panel and the actions that he intends to take to address same. [1823/13]

Hospital Staff Issues

Clare Daly

1108. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health with the announcement by the Health Service Executive that 1,000 nurses and midwives are to be given two year contracts to replace agency staff, the reason these positions are only open to new graduates and not staff already on the panel. [1824/13]

Hospital Waiting Lists

Clare Daly

1109. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a person (details supplied) in County Dublin has to wait eleven months to a year for an MRI scan at the Mater Hospital, Dublin; and the actions that he intends to take regarding same [1827/13]

Lourdes Hospital Redress Scheme Eligibility

Clare Daly

27. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health in view of the age profile and growing stress of the women involved, the reason for the delay in delivering on the commitment for redress of the victims of Dr. Michael Neary, and when the promised redress may be expected [56892/12]

National Treatment Purchase Fund

Clare Daly

72. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health the reason the National Purchase Treatment Fund scheme to remove faulty PIP implants has not been implemented; the reason the Harley Medical Group has not fulfilled their obligations to provide an appropriate care package to the women affected therefore increasing the threat of cancer and serious health problems [56893/12]

Maternal Mortality

Clare Daly

651. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health in relation to recent statements he has made in the press about Ireland having one of the lowest rates of maternal mortality in the world, if he will confirm that the recently published first Confidential Maternal Death Enquiry in Ireland Report for the Triennium 2009 – 2011 records that the maternal death rate in Ireland is at best average in comparison with other EU countries and that data on maternal mortality figures are incomplete due to ongoing deficiencies in data collection systems. [56899/12]

Hospital Services

Clare Daly

652. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health if he will confirm that the Health Service Executive commissioned KPMG Independent Review of Maternity and Gynaecology Services in the greater Dublin area, published in 2008, found a 30% shortfall in necessary obstetric, midwifery, neonatal and theatre staff to meet international standards for safe care; and if in view of recorded recent maternal deaths in hospitals in the greater Dublin area, those staff shortages have been dealt with in full [56900/12]

Medicinal Products Licensing

Clare Daly

480. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health the basis on which anti-epileptic drugs are being included in the list of medications for generic substitutions under the Health Bill 2012 in view of the concerns raised by his Department and the Health Service Executive working group [55295/12]

Water Fluoridation

Clare Daly

132. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health if a cost benefit analysis has been undertaken with regard to the fluoridation of water, and in the context of the banning of this practise in other countries, the reason it is continuing here [54893/12]